Shu Xubai extended his thumb and wiped the blood from his lips. This didn't remove the blood; instead, it made his lips appear even redder.

He chuckled lightly: "Little kid, you don't need me to treat you like a favor. Your bird is already broken to pieces. You don't even have the right to stand here and talk to me."

Jiufeng raised her chin, both proud and coquettish, stubborn and obstinate: "I can't just stand here properly, and I don't need to trouble you, Lord Shu Xubai, so you don't need to give me any charity."

Shu Xubai stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked the blood off his lips. His red eyes, like the evil allure of the night, constantly tempted people to fall into depravity: "Little friend, don't try to provoke me. You are a god to others, but to me, you are just my food."

"Food, do you understand?"

As Jiufeng faced the approaching Shu Xubai, his anger, accompanied by the smell of blood, caused him to retreat uncontrollably until he had nowhere left to go but to the wall. With his feet planted against the wall, he straightened his back, raised his head, and let out a mocking laugh: "Yes, I am your food. You are a filthy Vampire who forces others to be your food against their will."

Shu Xubai's red eyes flashed with fiery anger as he said, enunciating each word clearly, "Little kid, you really know how to make me angry. Be good, say it again for me, okay?"

The anger in his eyes turned into flames, and Jiufeng felt as if she were being burned alive: "I said, you are someone who goes against others..."

With a clang, a phoenix's mournful cry rang out.

Jiufeng's voice abruptly stopped, her mouth slightly open, her pupils constricted, and she clutched her chest, her body bending over in pain, "You..."

Shu Xubai used his mental power to force the fire phoenix out of his mental sea, and then used his mentally charged hand to grab the fire phoenix by the neck to harm it.

When Fire Phoenix was injured, Nine Phoenix was also injured, her back aching so badly she couldn't straighten up and could only barely maintain her balance by leaning against the wall.

"What's wrong with me?" Ignoring the mournful cries and screams of the fire phoenix in his hand, Shu Xubai used his mental power to exert pressure, and asked with a slight smile, "I'm filthy, I went against the will of others, I'm a disgusting vampire, aren't I?"

"Pfft!"

Jiufeng spat out a mouthful of blood, which splattered onto Shu Xubai. Immediately, his legs went weak, and he could no longer support himself. He closed his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

Shu Xubai bent down and caught his head, preventing it from hitting the ground, and said disdainfully, "So weak."

Jiangjiang, carrying a pretty wooden box and wearing her little leather shoes, came running over innocently and asked, "Daddy, what's wrong with the little bird?"

Shu Xubai, supporting his head, used a force to lift Jiufeng up, glancing sideways at Jiangjiang: "It's okay, the little bird is just sleeping. You should go and sleep for a while too. We'll go see Mom tonight."

Jiangjiang nodded emphatically: "Okay, Daddy, I'm going to sleep with Zizai now. Good afternoon, Daddy. Zizai, let's go to sleep."

The ugly, creepy-looking little bat that was flying around the room flapped its featherless wings and landed on Jiang Jiang's shoulder.

Jiangjiang led the little bat into a bedroom, and as she closed the door, she poked her head out and said, "Daddy, the little bird is a bit weak, please be careful not to kill it."

Shu Xubai was about to pull his hand away, but after hearing what Jiang Jiang said, he turned his head and smiled, "I know."

Jiangjiang nodded and closed the door.

Shu Xubai's face darkened instantly as he stared at the stubborn food leaning against the wall, its face pale and blood trickling from the corner of its mouth.

After a long while, he slowly revealed a playful smile, then lifted Jiufeng up from the ground, walked into an empty room next door, and roughly threw him onto the bed...

"Who upset you? Go take your anger out on someone else. Why are you staring at me like that?" Bo Jichen felt like he was sitting on pins and needles under her gaze. He felt that his cheap eldest daughter's eyes were cold and sharp, like little knives, all scraping at him.

The ginger ribbon brought into the palace in a food storage box, which had already been handed to His Majesty. Carrying a dozen black eggs and a ginger egg, she circled Bo Jichen once, twice, and three times.

Ignoring his question, she looked away from the deep blue gemstone hanging from the back of his head as she circled the palace for the fourth time.

The palace was decorated with all sorts of dazzling, multicolored gemstones, so many of them that it was both extravagant and gaudy.

And there was that enormous, round nest, its bed curtains now drawn back, emanating a comforting spiritual energy.

"Don't touch my bed." Bo Jichen said hastily when he saw his eldest daughter walking towards his bed, "I went to great lengths to set this up. It'll be good for your Emperor's spiritual power."

Jiang Si walked to the huge circular nest, turned around, and sat down on the edge of the nest. The nest was very warm, and various gems were inlaid around it. Even on the top of the bed canopy, there was a huge, sparkling gem.

“Your Majesty’s spiritual power has been damaged by genetic collapse, but it’s been stabilizing recently and hasn’t flared up yet. You can use your nest or not.” Jiang Si tossed a dozen or so black eggs to Bo Jichen: “These are eggs I cooked for you, eat them quickly.”

Bo Jichen reached out and scooped up the black crow eggs: "I bought you 1000 black crow eggs, how many are left?"

His little brat was quite uncouth, sliding off his precious eldest daughter's shoulder and onto his bed, just like a rebellious son.

“There are still over 900 left, you don’t need to buy any more.” Jiang Si crossed her legs, rested her hands on her knees, and looked at him with a half-smile, “However, I do have some things I’d like to ask you. Do you have some free time?”

As the saying goes, when a child becomes quiet and well-behaved, they are either causing trouble or on their way to causing trouble.

Bo Jichen looked at Jiang Si warily: "Speaking is one thing, asking for advice is another, but can you stop laughing like that? It's creepy."

Jiang Si grinned and said, "I didn't want to laugh like this, but today, Jiu Feng recognized me as his partner, and I'm happy."

Bo Jichen: "..."

What nonsense is she spouting?

Which little chick tamed her?

Is the little chick as handsome as Agareth?

Is she going to become a mistress?

Bo Jichen took a big step forward and sat down, reaching out to touch his adopted daughter's forehead: "You don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?"

"I haven't even figured out what you are yet, how could that little chick see through your true nature? Are you kidding me?"

He's anxious, is he really anxious?

Jiang Si slapped his hand away, turned around and grabbed Jiang Dandan, who was rolling around in the nest, and threw her into Bo Jichen's arms: "My dear daddy, please explain to me how you, as a human, could lay a dragon egg?"

Bo Jichen was taken aback. He grabbed the egg that his eldest daughter had thrown into his arms with one hand and put his arm around her shoulder with the other. He pulled her close and lowered his voice, saying, "My darling, we agreed not to expose each other's identities. Who influenced you to think that I am the partner of the Great Witch Jiufeng of the Fourth Civilization?"